CHERISSE JONES-BRANCH, Ph.D. Professor of History Arkansas State University Department of History (870) 972-3291(Office) PO Box 1690 (870) 972-2880 (Fax) State University, AR 72467 [email protected] EDUCATION___________________________________________________________ The Ohio State University Ph.D. American History, 2003 The College of Charleston M.A. History, 1997 B.A. History, 1994 ACADEMIC POSITIONS_________________________________________________ 2017- James and Wanda Lee Vaughn Endowed Professor of History 2016- Professor of History, Arkansas State University 2016- Director, A-State Digital Press 2009-2016 Associate Professor of History, Arkansas State University 2003-2009 Assistant Professor of History, Arkansas State University 2009-2014 Assistant Chair, Department of History, Arkansas State University 2003- Major and Minor Advisor, Department of History, Arkansas State University 2003- Advisor and Coordinator, African American Studies Minor, Arkansas State University 1996-2003 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Ohio State University PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT________________________________________ 2019- Fellow, World Woman Foundation 2018- Executive Committee, Agricultural History Society 2018-2019 National Endowment for the Humanities, Media Projects Development and Production Grants Review Panel 2018- Editorial Board, African American Intellectual History Society 2018- Distributed Table Leader, Advanced Placement U.S. History Reading 2018 Coordinating Council for Women in History /Berkshire Award Committee 2018- Editorial Advisory Committee, University of Arkansas Press 1 Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph. 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December 2019 Curriculum Vitae 2017- Board of Editors, Arkansas History Quarterly 2017- Editorial Board, International Journal of Africana Studies 2017 Board Chair, Arkansas Humanities Council 2016- Commissioner, Black History Commission of Arkansas 2015- Executive Council, Southern Association for Women Historians 2015-2017 Willie Lee Rose Book Prize Committee, Southern Association for Women Historians 2014-2016 International African American Museum Program Committee, Charleston, South Carolina 2014-2015 Local Arrangements Committee for 2015 Annual Meeting, Southern Historical Association 2014-2016 Committee for Minorities, Southern Historical Association 2014 Classroom Consultant, Paragould High School 2014 Vice President Court Appointed Special Advocates of the 2nd Judicial District, Jonesboro, Arkansas 2014 Professional Development Workshop, Paragould School District 2014 Arkansas Department of Education Social Studies Framework Revision Committee, Little Rock, Arkansas 2013-2014 Project Scholar, “Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 and the March on Washington, 1963: A Traveling Exhibition,” American Library Association Public Programs, National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Museum of American History, and the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor 2013-2019 Board Member, Arkansas Humanities Council, Little Rock 2013-2016 Board Member, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Jonesboro, Arkansas 2013 African American Civil War Advisory Board, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center 2013-2015 Table Leader, Advanced Placement U.S. History Reading, Louisville, Kentucky 2012-2013 Humanities Scholar, “Dreamland Ballroom,” Arkansas Educational Television Network 2012-2013 Humanities Scholar, “The History of the Arkansas Order of the Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliated” 2012 Humanities Scholar, “Discovering the Forgotten Past: The History of the Catholic School for African American Children in Pocahontas, Arkansas,” 2012 2011 Commentator, “CW 150: Remembering The Civil War in Arkansas,” Arkansas Educational Television Network, Old State House Museum, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2011 2010 External Program Reviewer, Ethnic Studies Program, West Chester University, Pennsylvania 2010 Advisory Board Member, Civil Rights Traveling Exhibit, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, Little Rock, Arkansas 2009-2014 Board of Trustees, Arkansas Historical Association 2 Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph. 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December 2019 Curriculum Vitae 2009 Project Scholar, “Soul of a People” Grant-National Endowment for the Humanities, Arkansas State University 2009-2011 Board Member, Arkansas Women’s History Institute 2008 Humanities Scholar, "Hope and Despair Live Here: Farm Security Administration Photographs in Arkansas,” Arkansas Humanities Council 2008 Humanities Scholar, Kentucky Humanities Council Grant 2009 Advisory Board Member, “Reel to Real”: Gone with the Wind and the Civil War in Arkansas, Historic Arkansas Museum 2008- Reader, Advanced Placement U.S. History, Louisville, Kentucky 2006 Humanities Scholar-Horace Man High School Film Project, Little Rock, Arkansas 2005- Membership Committee, Southern Association of Women’s Historians 2004-2005 Humanities Scholar-Hoxie 21 Project, Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS________________________________________ Agricultural History Society • 2018 Executive Committee • 2016 Chair, Program Committee American Association of University Professors Arkansas Historical Association Association of American University Women Association of Black Women Historians • 2018 Annual Program Committee • 2018 Southern Regional Director Association for the Study of African American Life and History Berkshires Conference for Women Historians • 2019-2020 Program Committee British Agricultural History Society European Rural History Organisation Jonesboro Business and Professional Women’s Club Organization of American Historians Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Rural Women’s Studies Association • 2018 Program Co-Chair Southern Association of Women’s Historians • Membership Committee • Executive Council Committee (2014) The South Carolina Historical Association 3 Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph. 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December 2019 Curriculum Vitae Southern Historical Association • Nominating Committee • Membership Committee • Committee on Minorities (2014) • Local Arrangements Committee for 2015 annual meeting COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT__________________________________________ 2019- Board of Directors, Foundation for the Arts, Jonesboro, Arkansas 2019- Advisory Board, Hoxie: The First Stand, Hoxie, Arkansas 2019- Jonesboro Rotary Club, Arkansas 2018- Board Member and Vice-President, Future for Felons, Jonesboro, Arkansas 2018- Blytheville Social and Art Club, Blytheville, Arkansas 2018-2019 Crowley’s Ridge Toastmasters, Jonesboro, Arkansas 2018- Anti-Basileus, Mu Sigma Sigma chapter, Sigma Gamma Sorority, Incorporated, West Memphis, Arkansas 2017- Board Member and President, The Voice of Arkansas Minority Advisory Council, KLEK 102.5 FM, Jonesboro, Arkansas 2013- Eliza Murphy #395, Order of Eastern Star, Prince Hall Affiliated, Jonesboro, Arkansas TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses Taught since 2003 African American History I and II, Practice of History, United States History since 1876 (seated, online and for the Honors College), Age of Jim Crow (combined undergraduate and graduate course), U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Activism and Reform, Readings in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Special Topics: Race, Gender, and Identity(Cross-listed with the Heritage Studies Ph.D. program. Team taught with Dr. Joseph Key), Regional Cultures: The History of the Mississippi Delta Region (Heritage Studies Ph.D. program), Special Topics in American History: Women, Family, and Community (Cross listed with Heritage Studies Ph.D. program), Readings in 20th Century African American History, Studies in Women’s History, Studies in African American Intellectual History, African American Women’s History, Race and Ethnicity in United States History, American Women in Rural History 4 Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph. D. December 2019 Curriculum Vitae DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE___________________________ Departmental Committees 2019 Chair, European History Search Committee 2014 Chair, Social Science Search Committee 2009- Executive Committee 2011- Curriculum Committee 2011- Graduate Studies Committee 2009- Promotion, Retention, and Tenure Committee 2010-2016 Chair, Assessment Committee 2008- U.S. History Minor Committee 2007- Chair, BA Undergraduate Committee 2013-2014 Social Science Search Committee 2012-2013 Latin American History Search Committee 2003- African American Studies Minor Committee College Committees 2016-2017 College Renaming Committee 2013-2014 Historic Preservationist Search Committee 2011-2012 Archivist Search Committee 2011-2016 Assessment Committee 2011-2014 Faculty Achievement Awards Committee 2010- Admission/Academic Credit/Graduation Appeals Committee 2008- Heritage Studies Program Committee 2007- Faculty Achievement Awards Committee 2006-2011 Executive Committee, Delta Symposium 2006- Admissions and Credits Committee 2003- Program Committee, Women and Gender Studies Minor 2003- Editorial Committee, Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies University Committees 2019- Faculty Senate 2018- Red Wolves Digital Initiative 2017- Black History Committee 2014- Advisory Board, A-State K-20 Center for Educational Enrichment 2014-2016 Vice Chair, Faculty Senate 2014-2016 Faculty Senate Executive Committee 2012-2016 Faculty Senate 2012-2014 Commencement Committee 5 Cherisse Jones-Branch, Ph. D. December 2019 Curriculum Vitae 2013-2014 Faculty Marshall 2012-2013 World AIDS Day Committee 2011- Multicultural Advisory Council 2011 Graduate School Recruiter 2011-2014 Museum Advisory Committee 2011-2015 CHSS Coordinator, New Student Orientation